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Did A$AP Rocky put in an Academy Award Winning performance in Highest 2 Lowest? According to Variety’s Oscars Prediction List, Rocky’s performance has landed him in the running for a Best Supporting Actor nod, putting him in rare air for a recording artist breaking into Hollywood. Known primarily for his genre-defining work in music, Rocky’s latest […]
A highly anticipated ESPN Films documentary on Colin Kaepernick, directed by Spike Lee, will not air due to unresolved creative differences. Titled “Da Saga of Colin Kaepernick,” the project was meant to explore Kaepernick’s journey from NFL quarterback to civil rights activist. The collaboration between ESPN, Lee, and Kaepernick dissolved, with Lee citing a nondisclosure […]
Rising singer Aiyana-Lee collaborated with Spike Lee to create the emotional title track for his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest. The song draws from her personal pain and triumph, aligning with the film’s themes of family, power, and identity. Lee encouraged Aiyana-Lee to pour truth into her music, resulting in a haunting and uplifting anthem. […]
Spike Lee’s new film, Highest 2 Lowest, reimagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low with an electric New York City twist. Denzel Washington stars as a music mogul caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious figure, played by A$AP Rocky, after his son is kidnapped. The film also features Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, […]
The A24 and Apple-backed crime thriller “Highest 2 Lowest” starring Denzel Washington, movie will be released in theaters August 22nd. Starting Sept. 5th the movie will stream on Apple TV+. Written by William Alan Fox, “Highest 2 Lowest” is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” which follows a businessman deciding whether or not to […]
President Joe Biden awarded the 2022 and 2023 National Medals of Arts to 20 notable artists, including Missy Elliott (artist and producer), Queen Latifah (artist and actress), Spike Lee (filmmaker), and Carrie Mae Weems (visual artist), during a private White House ceremony on Monday, October 21, 2024. These artists are recognized for their significant contributions […]
Did you know you can get into the Hall of Fame for being a fan? Well, Spike Lee has been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Lee a renowned New York Knicks fan will be enshrined into the hall alongside actor Billy Crystal, legendary actor Jack Nicholson, and real estate developer Alan Horwitz as part […]
Rapper Ice Spice is set to make her acting debut in the upcoming Spike Lee film “High Low,” where she will star alongside Denzel Washington. The news was announced on April 10, and the film is a collaboration between Apple Original Films and A24. Ice Spice, a Bronx native, has quickly risen to fame in […]
Jeffrey Wright has been cast in Spike Lee‘s new film, High And Low. Deadline reports that the acclaimed actor will join Denzel Washington and Ilfenesh Hadera in the crime thriller. The movie will be created for Apple and A24 and is an English-language reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s movie of the same name. Kurosawa’s original film was based on Evan Hunter’s (Ed McBain) 1959 […]
Longtime collaborators Spike Lee and Denzel Washington will be working with Apple Original Films and A24 on High and Low. Washington will star and Lee direct the A24 release which will released theatrically before its global launch on Apple TV+. The film is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller. While its unknown how similar […]
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